Fear of spiders...

anyone have a fear of spiders?

today a spider as big as your thumb crawled up on the wall behind my computer

it got knocked down and me and my brother got chopsticks and grabbed it

it was scary...and yes i do have a fear of spiders

and i hate them also so...

i took those things that lights fire and burned it

call me a animal cruelity person but...i REALLY REALLY hate spiders

if it was something else, i wouldnt have done it

 

I hate spiders as well. Most don't bother too much, but I can't stand the hairy ones that are the size of your finger nails or bigger. I kill them before they can crawl away to some dark corner of my room.

 

I like spiders. They kill all the other bugs that would be crawling around your house.

Now bees... that's another story. I have yet to be stung and as a result am petrified of them.

 

I used to hate spiders and bee's, but I got over it, and you can to!

I used to fear spiders, but then I began to read a bunch of books about them, at least 30. Now I love spiders! I even let one crawl accross my hand (poiseness, but so docile you could flick it and it wouldn't bite. Not recomended)!

As for bee's, you can get over that by eating under a wasp nest for lunch during an entire summer. Now THAT is fear!

 

I've read a lot aout spiders, but I still get freaked out about them. I know many aren't poisonous, or even harmful.

 

*looks at thumb*

unless a spider that size is crawling up your ass, you shouldn't be scared

 

That's brutal.

 

most of the spiders in my home are those with tiny bodies and very long but thin legs. They aren't scary at all and I tend to leave them alone.
Now the hairy ones... I just get creeps when I'm near anything that is like 100x smaller than me yet could easily kill me or harm seriously.
Honestly I'd rather be walking past a big ass dog than a hornet
I've been stung by wasps like 3 times, fortunately I'm not allergic. Also a piece of advice - I dunno why it works, but when stung mum once gave me an onion cut in half to press against the injury and it almost didn't swell (form of swollen??) at all

 

holy crap...bees

im hella afraid of them when they get close by

they funny thing is, i got stung right on top of my middle finger so i flicked the teacher off when i was showing her my stung finger

 

For some reason, I would rather be flicked off then stung...

 

Do anyone of you agree that "arachnophobia" should be "fear of arachnids?"

 

I like spiders. I'm not afraid of them.

 

Well spiders are arachnids as are tarantulas and scorpions so yes

 

LOL. I just asked coz majority of people agree that arachnophobia is merely "fear of spiders."

 

Thats beacause the most common form is fear of spiders and tarantulas

 

wasnt arachnafobia also fear of crabs?

 

Crabs aren't arachnids. Or are they? Arachnids have 4 pairs of limbs right?

 

i know crabs and spiders are from the same family, right?

 

Crabs are crustaceons different group

Spiders, Tarantulas, Scorpions, ticks and mites are all arachnids

 

How do you classify arachnids again? It's only been a year since I last studied Zoology and I'm completely blank on it.